Frink, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McAlester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. It lies near Piney Mountain. The Survey maps it on the McAlester quadrangle.

Frink within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Frink between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,509 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Arson/incendiarism	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	2
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Talihina Agency	BENT RIM
25 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20459
2 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	285 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20381
12 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20384
7 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20107
7 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20377
4 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20078
3 April 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Frink: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Jenson Sand Co Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mcconnell Const Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rice Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chambers	2.1 miles	18
Halley	3.3 miles	18
McAlester	3.6 miles	18
Savanna	4.8 miles	18
Krebs	4.9 miles	17
North McAlester	5.2 miles	18
Alderson	5.3 miles	17
Brewer	6.2 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100433. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.